Suntory Group Reviews

- Red tape everywhere - don't expect your new perspectives to be entertained - Culture of secrecy and backstabbing - everyone is on a "need to know" basis and thus you never get full picture - They reward bootlickers and suck-ups more than hard work and smart ideas - Management is slow, aged, and resting on their laurels - Management does not engage with low to middle managers, strong emphasis on hierarchy and processes. There is no open door policy. - Culture of micro-managing by managers as there are many people you "cannot offend" or "like it a certain way". This mean productivity is low and processes are long drawn out - Death by redundant meetings and powerpoints - always need to meet and do decks for no rhyme or reason. All of this results in low productivity and work done as you are basically worried about whether your manager is going to backstab you or wasting time doing another powerpoint that can be solved by a call.

For someone who is ambitious, career driven and hungry to learn, this definitely isn’t the place to be. Progression isn’t necessarily based on merits, and there is lack of in-house talent nurturing programs. From the interaction I have had with the various department heads/managers, I believe most are not properly trained and equipped with managerial and leadership skills, which often result in low team morale and overworked subordinates. As the Organization is highly divisive with different political factions rooting for different agendas, it’s really a matter of whose favour are you in that ultimately gets to move things instead of sound and strategic reasoning. This isn’t uncommon across organisations but the divisive nature of how business teams are formed only serve to compound this issue more.